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The Vienna public prosecutor’s office confirmed media reports that the two, who had confessed extensively during the investigation and were blameless, were offered a diversionary settlement.
- More about this: “Sieg Heil” announcement on the ÖBB train: suspects confess
Investigations into re-operation
As authority spokeswoman Nina Bussek explained on Friday afternoon, the two men had accepted the offer: “They are now going through the ‘dialogue instead of hate’ program at the Neustart association.” Once it is reported to the prosecutor that they have completed the six-month program, the report will be permanently dismissed. The men, who were tracked down with the help of surveillance cameras, were originally investigated under the Prohibition Act on suspicion of National Socialist re-activity.
Disturbing announcements on the Railjet
The two men had “hijacked” the ÖBB’s loudspeaker system on a Railjet train from Bregenz to Vienna and played disturbing announcements. To do this, you are likely to have opened the intercom stations that are in every carriage with a key that usually only ÖBB staff has. Instead of the usual information, a Hitler speech suddenly echoed through the train with shouts of “Heil Hitler” and several “Sieg Heil”. There was also incorrect and meaningless information for minutes.
- Background: Disturbing announcements on ÖBB trains: police are investigating
ÖBB CEO Andreas Matthä apologized to the President of the Jewish Community of Vienna (IKG), Oskar Deutsch, after the incident. Anti-Semitism and hatred have no place at ÖBB – “neither on the train nor anywhere else,” assured Matthä. The two perpetrators were not unknown to the ÖBB, as they had previously been noticed for unauthorized entry into railway facilities or trains, some of which they were wearing ÖBB clothing.
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